| Parliamentarians and Mainstreaming Energy Access |
| Gregory Woodsworth | |
| Energy Policy Advisor | |
| United Nations Development Programme |
| EAC energy access strategy |
| 84% of households use biomass | |
| 3% rural, 32% urban connected to grid | |
| Bonn Conference, GFSE, E4D | |
| Ministers: Move beyond Business as Usual | |
| Commitment to meet the MDGs | |
| MDG framework: domestic fuels, electricity where cost effective, motive power | |
| Energy Access = Electrification from national grid | |
| Slide 3 |
| Slide 4 |
| Energy Access Strategy Profile |
| will provide improved energy access for about 50% (48 million people) of the regionŐs population. | |
| Energy access targets can be met with an approach that has high impact, low cost and is scaleable by 2015 | |
| Development of priority MDG-based energy access investment programmes | |
| EAC - regional coordinating institution |
| MDG-based Energy targets for 2015 |
| Target 1: Enable the use of modern fuels for 50% of those who at present use traditional biomass for cooking - improved cookstoves, reduce indoor air pollution, increase sustainable biomass production. | |
| Target 2: Access to electricity for all urban and peri-urban poor. | |
| Target 3: Access to modern energy services such as lighting, refrigeration, information and communication technology, and water treatment and supply for all schools, clinics, hospitals and community centres. | |
| Target 4: Access to mechanical power within the community for all communities for heating and productive uses. | |
| Slide 7 |
| Overall Investment Plan |
| Mainstreaming Energy Access |
| Investments will not happen without prioritization of energy access | ||
| Mainstreaming energy access at present: | ||
| Political commitment; approval by EAC Council of Ministers and Heads of State (top down) | ||
| Technical response; multi-sectoral working groups (bottom up) | ||
| Working Hypothesis |
| Strategies that provide: | ||
| regional and national quantifiable and time-bound energy access targets, | ||
| programme implementation frameworks, | ||
| investment plans, and | ||
| Backed by political commitment, | ||
| present Parlimentarians the means to influence the policy framework (PRSP) and budgetary allocations (MTEF) | ||
| Mechanisms: | ||
| finance/budget committees and | ||
| sector committees | ||
| Special cases: Constituency Development Funds | ||
| More Questions than Answers |
| Role of parliament in influencing energy access policy framework and budgetary allocations? | ||
| What can parliamentarians do with a regional strategy vs. energy access legislation? | ||
| Relationship between regional and national assemblies? | ||
| What are the most effective interventions? | ||
| Awareness raising? | ||
| Capacity building? | ||
| Model legislation? | ||
| Technical support? | ||